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In Reply to: Where to start? posted by LWR on August 27, 2006 at 08:02:48:

I have never heard of that Doc Pomus, but will hunt down a copy.
Of the Hal Wilner projects I love the Disney one... Tom Waits doing Hi Ho Hi Ho Its Off To Work We Go is still such a great idea...
I had a feeling you might like the Billy Bragg/Wilco. BB is an old hero of mine. I did a couple of tours with him including his first when he still had the busker's set up strapped to his back. An old friend, Ben Mandelson, plays in The Blokes and I am hoping they will be back in Oz soon so we can catch up. Its been 3 years.

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A review - LWR 15:33:47 08/27/06 (10)
Amazon has some....
Note the backing band:
* Richard Bell, piano/vocal
* Randy Ciarlante, percussion/vocal
* Rick Danko, bass/vocal
* Levon Helm, drums/vocal
* Garth Hudson, keyboard/sax/vocal
* Jim Weider, guitar
Some of Doc's song clips can be heard at this link:
http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_audio_video.asp?exhibitId=144
- http://theband.hiof.no/albums/doc_pomus_tribute.html (Open in New Window)
- geese fly south, while... - dave c 15:46:58 08/27/06 (9)
  ... I am flying up the Amazon right now.
  Band noted...
  I didn't mention the Curtis Mayfield discs, but what a talent he was, right back through The Impressions. I have most of his albums except New World Order which just sems to have missed me...
  - Doc's site - LWR 15:49:03 08/27/06 (8)
    He wrote 1500 songs. The 2 Mayfields are very good, he was a talent and a half.
    - http://www.felderpomus.com/docpomus.html (Open in New Window)
    - Amazon - dave c 16:01:20 08/27/06 (7)
      Did you mean this one...
      
      The review mentions the Band doing one track but doesn't list a house band for the whole disc...
      I thought this looked ineresting...
      
      The biography could be a good read too, its called Lonely Avenue.
      Curtis was one of the very best talents I have ever seen/heard. All his stuff just shines... in my opinion.
      - The Tribute one - LWR 16:05:37 08/27/06 (6)
        
        In Reply to: Amazon posted by dave c on August 27, 2006 at 16:01:20:
        
        is which I speak!!! Not the Adams one, which is very blues orientated....
        
        a for adams - dave c 16:32:19 08/27/06 (5)
        
        In Reply to: The Tribute one posted by LWR on August 27, 2006 at 16:05:37:
        
        I didn't think you meant the Adams disc, I just thought it looked interesting.
        I just read the biog at Doc's site.
        It sounds like an interesting life to say th least!
        I kmet Willy DeVille a few times and I think he must have fit into that grotesque carnival like a glove. Had a great band, bad habits.
        
        Willy is an ace - LWR 16:48:33 08/27/06 (4)
        
        In Reply to: a for adams posted by dave c on August 27, 2006 at 16:32:19:
        
        I just put a re release of his on my want list at Tower this AM. It has Pomus soul all over it...
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        "le chat bleu - album reviews
        After the critical acclaim of their self-titled debut and Return to Magenta in 1977 and 1978, respectively, Willy DeVille and his band took another look at the sassy, street-tough rock & roll they'd dished up and took the first step toward the swinging Spanish soul the band's subsequent albums would strive for and the crooning R&B heartbreaker DeVille himself would become as a solo artist. Le Chat Bleu is angel-headed hipster rock. The Doc Pomus influence on the opening track, "This Must Be the Night," with its cascading harmonies and 1950s girl group melodies, is a doo wop fantasy for the punk age. That influence was more than that as Pomus and Willy DeVille co-wrote three songs together for this stellar effort. Far more reverent than the Ramones and nowhere near Robert Gordon's stilted revivalism, Mink DeVille could sing and play rock & roll sweetly and razor sharp, kind of like a lollipop on the edge of a dagger. The first of the DeVille/Pomus soul ballads is included here. "That World Outside," with producer Steve Douglas' lilting tenor saxophone that twists itself around each line and breezes through the chorus, is pure Pomus, with DeVille carrying a vocal he'd never attempted before. This was the beginning of something for the band, and the end of something else. Piss and vinegar were not enough to fuel the band's muse any longer -- it also took polish, sensitivity, and a deep commitment to subtlety and drama, and this ballad contains them in spades. The other two, "You Just Keep Holdin' On" and "Just to Walk That Little Girl Home," burn as brightly. Of the rockers, "Savoir Faire" and "Lipstick Traces" contain the wooly garage stomp of the earlier records and keep their switchblade honesty and punky edge. Contrary to popular belief, this album is not the sound of a band losing its innocence as much as it is the sound of a rock & roll band finding its identity. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide"
        
        the real thing - dave c 18:36:35 08/27/06 (3)
        
        In Reply to: Willy is an ace posted by LWR on August 27, 2006 at 16:48:33:
        
        I have the first two Mink DeVile discs remastered on one disc and had forgotten ChatBleu. I may go and try to find it.
        I also have a solo album, Victory Mixture, from 1990, recorded in New Orleans with Dr John, Allen Toussaint, Leo Nocentelli, Willie Bo, George Porter... mmm and a lot of others.
        To me, its good, but perhaps not AS good as the New York sounding stuff.
        Being in a room with that band back at the end of the 70s, or even, I guess, just watching tem on stage, you could tell they had an edge... an authenticity if you like, about them.
        That doo wop-py emotional pachuco teen-opera stuff was wasn't all goofy and Disneyish back in the day and Mink DeVille really had that in them.
        I see he is still recording and playing, which is cool.
        
        Live in Berlin - LWR 18:53:20 08/27/06 (2)
        
        In Reply to: the real thing posted by dave c on August 27, 2006 at 18:36:35:
        
        is a really good one....
        http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2772760&title=Live+In+Berlin&artist=Willy+DeVille+Acoustic+Trio (Open in New Window)
        
        shopping will occur - dave c 19:01:08 08/27/06 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Live in Berlin posted by LWR on August 27, 2006 at 18:53:20:
        
        Damn, and just when I had decided to pull in the haemorrhaging of money for a few months...
        I have had a reasonable overspend on tarting up the house to sell and some dental work...
        Berlin...
        
        Make sure it is the 2CD set with the bonus tracks - LWR 19:09:54 08/27/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: shopping will occur posted by dave c on August 27, 2006 at 19:01:08:
        
        enjoy....Still waiting on the order from the shop to arrive....should be any day now...

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